Tailor s chalk-cutter



(No Model.)

D. MAGHOL. TAILORS CHALK CUTTER.

No. 319,282. Patented June 2, 1885.

DAVID MAOHOL, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TAl LORS CHALK-CUTTER.

EBPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 319,282, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed November 24, 1884.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID MAOHOL, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Tailors Chalk-Gutter; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, and

which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical central section.

This invent-ion relates to a device for use upon tailors tables for sharpening chalk. The usual instrument employed by tailors for sharpening or shaping their chalk is a common pocket-knife. Such an article is liable to be misplaced, and such misplacement causes much annoyance to the tailor.

The object of my invention is the construction of adeviee which may stand upon the table and serve as a convenient instrument for trimming the chalk, and also serve as a receptacle for the cuttings, as well as for the chalk itself when not in use, and which article may also serve as a substitute for the weight used by tailors to hold their work; and it consists in the construction of the cutter as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited-in the claim.

A represents the base, which may be of any desirable form, and is best made of a weight like character. From this base an upright, B, rises, carrying upon its upper end a cutter, C. This cutter is best made from a thin plate of steel arranged vertically and secured in the upright, the sharp edge upward and in substantially a horizontal line.

D is a cup-like receptacle, which is attached to or made a part of the base surrounding the upright which supports the cutter.

(No model.)

The tailor in trimming his chalk draws it across the edge of the cutter, as upon a sta tionary blade, to bring the chalk to the required edge. The clippings fall into the receptacle D, and are thereby prevented from falling upon the work or creating annoyance in other directions. The cup D also serves as a receptacle for the chalk itself when not required for use, and the various pieces or colors which the tailor from time to time requires may be retained in the cup until they are so required.

The article having a heavy base may also serve as a weight for the convenience of the tailor in the prosecution of his work and a substitute for the weights commonly used. The heavy base also serves to support the cutter in a firm position on the table.

I represent the article as made in four parts, all secured together, as shown in Fig. 1; but the article may be made in a single casting.

I do not claim, broadly, areceptacle having a cutting device supported over it, and by which chalk maybe trimmed, so that the cuttings will fall into a receptacle beneath, as such, I am aware, is not new.

The herein-described tailors chalk-cutter, consisting of a base, A, the upright B, extending centrally upward from said base and carrying upon its upper end the cutter O, the said cutter standing in a vertical central plane, combined with the cup-like receptacle D upon said base and surrounding the upright, substantially as described.

DAVID MACHOL.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, J 0s. 0. EARLE. 

